Body/Emotions of Internet Celebrities in the Society 4.0 in China

Authors

  • Adrián Scribano CONICET (UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES)
  • Zhang Jingting SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28939/iam.debats.133-2.10

Abstract

Internet celebrities, as a group of stars spawned by the market economy and The Internet, reveal both the state of Internet culture and the transformation of mass media in China. The bodies and pictures of these ‘celebs’, while unique, also take on a
cultural symbolism. The 4.0 Revolution is the carrier of social practices and kinds of interaction in which the social media play a very special role. In this paper we will focus on the intersections and ruptures between the body-individual, body-subjective
and body-social (Scribano, 2007) of Chinese Internet celebrities and the articulations and links between body-image and their body-in-movement. With the introduction of Chinese social media platforms such as WeChat (微信), Sina Weibo (新浪微博),
Douyin, we try to trace links between the sociability, experiences and social sensibilities of the Internet celebrities and their influence on Society 4.0.
This paper: (a) looks at the Chinese social media as a virtual platform for the Internet celebrities; (b) delves into the images and practices of the Internet celebrities; (c) highlights the link between body, sensation and perception regarding social celebrities;
(d) shows the kinds of sociability and social sensibilities exhibited by celebrities in China’s Society 4.0.

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Author Biographies

Adrián Scribano, CONICET (UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES)

Adrián Scribano és investigador principal de CONICET, el Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani de la
Facultat de Ciències Socials de la Universidad de Buenos Aires i director del Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios
Sociológicos (CIES).

Zhang Jingting, SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY

Zhang Jingting, és doctora en Ciències Socials per la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Ara és professora i està fent el programa del postdoctorat en SISU. És membre del grup de Grupo de Sociología del Cuerpo y Emociones (GESEC) en l'Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani de la Universidad de Buenos Aires i membre del Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Sociológicos CIES.

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Published

2019-11-27

How to Cite

Scribano, A. and Jingting, Z. (2019) “Body/Emotions of Internet Celebrities in the Society 4.0 in China”, Debats. Journal on culture, power and society, 133(2), pp. 117–129. doi: 10.28939/iam.debats.133-2.10.

Issue

Vol. 133 No. 2 (2019)

Section

MISCELLANEOUS

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